<?php
add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'remove_textarea' );
add_action( 'comment_form_top', 'add_textarea' );
function remove_textarea($defaults)
{
    $defaults['comment_field'] = '';
    return $defaults;
}

function add_textarea()
{
    echo '<textarea id="comment_body_form" name="comment" cols="60" rows="6" placeholder="Leave a reply." aria-required="true"></textarea>';
}


function redox_comments($comment, $args, $depth) {
	$GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;

	$commentclasses = array(
    'type-comment'
  );
?>
	<?php if (get_comment_type() == 'comment') : ?>
		
			<div <?php comment_class($commentclasses); ?> id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">
				<div class="information">
					<div class="portrait">
						<?php 							
							echo get_avatar($comment, 48); 
						?>
					</div>
					<div class="author">
						<?php comment_author_link(); ?>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="base_comment">
					<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>
						<div class="moderation">
							<?php _e('Your comment is awaiting moderation:', 'redox_localize'); ?>	
						</div>				
					<?php endif; ?>
					<?php comment_text(); ?>
					<div class="comment_meta">
						<div class="date c-meta">
							<?php the_time('M j'); ?>					
						</div>
						<div class="reply c-meta">
							<?php comment_reply_link(array_merge($args, array('depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth']))); ?> 
						</div>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>	
								
	<?php endif;	?>
	<?php
}

?>